Beauty Tips - SECRET SUPER-SUNSCREEN: MEXORYL WORKS MAGIC

You eat right, exercise, and wear sunscreen. All intelligent ways to keep premature aging at bay. But what if I told you the sunscreen you religiously slather on is not protecting you from UVA rays – the ones that put lines and wrinkles in your skin. You’d freak! Just like I did!

The fact is, while most suntan lotions are good at filtering the sun’s shorter UVB rays, Ultraviolet A (UVA) light is actually what ages your skin the most. UVA’s longer wavelengths penetrate deeper than UVB rays, attacking the layers that give skin its tone and elasticity.

For fifteen years, gorgeous foreigners have had the inside scoop on ‘screen: Whether strolling on the Champs Elysees or cavorting on the beaches of Rio, Australia, and Mexico, even on the slopes in Canada, all these gorgeous folks are using the outstanding sun protection that we didn’t even know we were missing!

Why? Well, the slow-poke FDA hadn’t gotten around to approving the one chemical that offers almost PERFECT sun protection.

But guess what? Its finally heeeeeeeeee’rrrrrrrrreeeeeeee!

Yes! In 2006 the FDA came out of their sun-coma long enough to approve Mexoryl SX, a product superior at blocking the UVA light which accounts for 80 percent of skin wrinkling, DNA damage and skin cancer.

The product Mexoryl SX is marketed under the name Anthelios SX and contains two standard sunscreen chemicals as well as ecamsule.

Don’t EVEN give me that crap about how you don’t need to wear sunscreen since the only sun that you bathe in is the light that comes through your car’s windshield. Fact is, UVA rays are present all year long and reach your skin any time you step outside –– rain, shine, and even through that windshield Listen, to keep yourself looking fine you need to protect your skin every day – whether you hang ten at the beach or not.

WHAT’S THIS ANTI-AGING SUPER-SCREEN CALLED???

La Roche Posay Anthelios SX with Mexoryl SX (ecamsule), is the sunscreen that I recommend. La Roche Posay Anthelios SX provides the unparalleled sun protection dermatologists and doctors (well, some plastic surgeons may be bumming just a little), are raving about and is also a fantastic daily moisturizer. I use this product every morning under my make-up for skin that is protected and soft -not greasy, so make-up goes on without that annoying smeary shmear.

I WANT IT NOW! WHERE DO I FIND LA ROCHE POSAY???

Go to www.laroche-posay.com where you’ll find their entire line of skincare. Or, check out your local CVS. I was kind of stunned to find La Roche Posay Anthelios SX there for $30 (the same price as through La Roche Posay directly). I loves it when miracles happen!

Yeah, yeah, I know, beauty is only skin deep. This may be true , but there’s no denying that cancer runs very deep. So, as long as you spend time and dollars rubbing a sunscreen on every day, why not use the best kept secret in skin care?

Slather on, gorgeous!

Xoxo,
Health Sundae

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